Bottle cap and pourer.



A. FEINSTEIN. 'BOTTLE GAP AND "POURER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 22, 1913.

m j y I IIIILL UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

ABRAHAM FEI'N'STEIN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

BOTTLE CAP AND POURER.

" To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM FEINSTEIN, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, State of Ohio, haveinvented an Improvement in Bottle Caps and Po-urcrs, of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa specification,

like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

My invention is a removable cap or cover for a bottle, to protect itscontents from dust,

bacteria and the like, and is especially adapt-- ed to milk bottles,whereby the milk may be kept from-external contamination and the bottlerendered otherwise more hygienic than is commonly the case. To this endI provide a cap, preferably removable and preferably containing asterilized strainer which may be readily removed and cleaned and is madeof convenient replaceable material, and a spout for directing the flowof the; milk, together with a closing device for tightly closing themilk outlet.

In the accompanying drawings, in which I have shown a preferredembodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a top plan view thereof; Fig. 2is a perspective view of the top with a central outlet opening 5 aboutwhich i is secured a spout 6 for directing the milk neatly and withoutdrip into whatever receptacleit is being poured.

Secured by any suitable means as by a pivot? is a closing device 8herein shown as provided with a handle 9 projecting beyond the cap andwith a cut or slit 10 which per-. mits said closing device to be movedwithin the spout 6 so as to close tightly over the outlet opening 5 whenit is desired to set away the bottle in the refrigerator for instance.

Depending from the cover plate or cap 2 is a flange 11 adapted to enterwithin the neck'of the bottle, this 'flangesurrounding the outletopening of the bottle cap to hold Specification of Letters Patent. 4Patented Sept. 30, 1913 Application tiled A ril 22, 1913.

Serial No. 762,814.

the strainer already mentioned. This strainer includes a cylindricalring 12 fitting w thin the annular flange 11 and prov ded on its upperend with a piece of strainer cloth or gauze 13. This strainer 13 issimply laid over the upper end of the ring 12, which is then crowded upinto place as shown in Fig. 4, thereby clamping the edges of the clothtightly between the ring and the flange 11, where it is held stretchedtightly 1n proper straining position just beneath the hole oroutletopening 5.

From the above description it will readily be seen that when the bottleis standing idle,

the milk is kept entirely clean fro-m the entrance of flies, dust. andbacteria by they strainer screen 13 and by the swinging closure 8. Whenany milk is desired the closure 8 is simply swung back out of the way,and the milkthen flows neatly from the spout 6 when the bottle isproperly tipped. If there happens to be any foreign matter in 'the milk,such as a plece of straw, it is strained out of the milk by the strainer13.

When the bottle is empty, the .entire cap is readily pulled off from thetop of the bottle neck and is dropped into boiling water, the strainerhaving preferably first been removed so as to be thereby more readilysterilized. The handle 9 of the closing device 8 is so located that itis conveniently swung out of the way by the same hand of the user whichholds and tips the bottle previous to pouring the milk from the spout 6.The

vtwo concentric annular flanges 3 and 11 form between them. an annularspace for receiving the bottle neck, which facilitates the placing ofthe capon the bottle, said two flanges cooperating also to give strengthto the device. 1

Various features of my invention may be changed in shape and arrangementand the combination of parts otherwise varied to a considerableextentwithout departing from the spirit and scope of my invention ashereinafter defined more explicitly in the claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as'new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A bottle cap and pourer, comprising a cover plate, two concentricflanges dependingfrom said plate in position to receive the bottle mouthbetween them, said plate having a central outlet opening, a strainerheld across said opening, a spout extending fro-m said plate partiallyaround said opening,

and a flat closing dcvicepii'oted to the plate outslde of said spouthaving a closin portion conforming in shape and $17. to the 1nnercontour of the spout at its j'unctlon with 'hand which is holding thebottle.

- 2. A bottle caplihnd pourer, comprising a cover plate, two (3 centricflanges depending from said plate in position to receivethe bottle-mouthbetween them, said plate having a central outlet-opening, a piece ofstrainer material, a ring 12 clampin the edges of said piece against theinner oi said.

two flanges with the body of the piece held 1 stretched over the ringclose to said opening, an external oblique spout extending from saidplate about three sides of the -when closed, and thence terminating in ahandle extendinglaterally slightly beyond the edge of the cover plate inposition to be 1 the operated by the handwhieh is holding bottle.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe two subscribing witnesses.

ABRAHAM FEINSTEIN.

\Vitnesses:

ERNST R. Gwnynnlz,

-BLANCIIE Sononunmnenn.

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